Department of Bioinformatics

The Department of Bioinformatics was started in the year 2008 to facilitate the teaching and research in the interdisciplinary areas of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, and to create an intellectual environment for interdisciplinary education and training. The Department has been nationally recognized by Department of Science and Technology, MoS&T, GOI under the schemes such as Fund for Improvement of S&T infrastructure in universities & higher educational institutions (FIST) - Level I for five years from 2017-2022 and Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) for two consecutive periods from 2011-2015 and 2016 - 2019).

The Department of Bioinformatics is offering two year M. Sc., degree course, one year M. Phil., course in Bioinformatics and one year Post Graduate Diploma in Structural Pharmacogenomics(PGDSP)-UGC Innovative Program. Doctoral programme leading to Ph.D. is also being offered in interdisciplinary areas in Bioinformatics at the department. The Department is comprised of well experienced faculty members with research interests and expertise in Small and Macro Molecule X-ray Crystallography, Structural Biology, Molecular Modelling,Computer Aided Drug Design, Pharmacogenomics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Proteomics, Chemoinformatics, Bio-computing, Database & Software development.

The department is undertaking research projects in the fields of Structural Bioinformatics, Structural Biology and Bio-computing funds from various agencies such as University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Faculty

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Designation

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Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

Professor and Head, Chairperson

2

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh

Professor

3

Dr. M.Karthikeyan

Assistant Professor

4

Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi

Assistant Professor

5

Dr. J.Joseph Sahayarayan

Assistant Professor

6

Dr. P.Boomi

Assistant Professor

7

Dr. V.K.Langeswaran

Assistant Professor

Programmes Offered

The focus of the Bioinformatics program is to train the next generation of bioinformatics researchers for academia and industry and also to meet demand from the, Structural Biology, Pharmaceutical, Biomedicine, Medical informatics and Biotechnology industries.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Bioinformatics

Department of Bioinformatics is now broadening its scope to include a Ph.D program in Bioinformatics. To further strengthen teaching and research environment in the department. The mission of the Bioinformatics Ph.D Program is to prepare scholars to reach the forefront of leadership in the fields of bioinformatics, structural biology and computational biology and to integrate research and education on information technologies in biology, medicine, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Fisheries Sciences.

Eligibility for Ph. D. Degree

Post Graduate Degree in Bioinformatics or Biological Sciences (Life Sciences, Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology etc) /Chemistry/Bio-Physics/ Veterinary Science / Agriculture / Fisheries Sciences / Pharmacy / Medicine or other related areas with not less than 55% mark in the aggregate is eligible for registration for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Admission

CSIR/UGC-NET/SLET/DBT/ICMR/ICAR qualified candidates and M.Phil degree holders will be given preference and they are directly eligible for interview conducted by university. However, in exceptional cases, candidates without NET may be considered upon satisfactory performance in written test / interview conducted at the department/University.

PG. Diploma in Structural Pharmacogenomics

The study of PGDSP includes the areas of development of new computational methods for studying organization and evolution of genes and genomes, computational approaches to macromolecular structure and dynamics and simulation, comparative evolutionary genomics, Drug design & discovery, pharmacogenomics, algorithm development, data base development, sequence analysis, data mining, Prediction and analysis of structure etc.

Computational identification and in vitro validation of small molecule inhibitors for tankyrase protein to inhibit the over expression of Wnt/ß-catenin ignaling mechanism using HCA-7, HCT116 and MDST8/ HCA-46 colon cancer cell lines: A new drug target for Colorectal Cancer

DBT

30.48

03/2016-02/2019

5

Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi

Classification of hierarchical clustering with FP-Growth algorithm to analyzing and creating the solution for
Chromosomal disorder

AURF

0.80

01/2016-05/2018

6

Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

Development of Web Based Search Engines for the Analyses of Protein interactions with Nucleotides, Fatty Acids and Buffers

DBT

13.81

05/2015-04/2018

7

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh

Identification of novel drug targets of Leishmania donovani: Studies on CAAX prenyl protease I and II of the pathogen

DBT

73.69

08/2014-07/2017

8

Dr. M. Karthikeyan

Pharmacogenomics Study of Anti Hypertensive Treatment in South Indian Population